Landscape influences on breeding bird communities in hardwood fragments in South Carolina

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 878-885

  Kilgo, John C ^a,b,d,e,f   Sargent, Robert A ^a,c,f,g   Miller, Karl V ^a,h,i   Chapman, Brian R ^a,j,k,l,m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Savannah River Institute   (United States)

^c Air Force Materiel Command   (United States)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

^e WOFFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^g Robins AFB   (United States)

^h PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l Biology Department

^m Southeastern Assoc Fish Wildl A

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Author keywords

Abundance; Breeding birds; Fragmentation; Landscape management; Oak hickory forest; South Carolina; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD COMMUNITY; FOREST; HABITAT FRAGMENATION; LANDSCAPE FACTOR;

USA, SOUTH CAROLINA, COASTAL PLAIN;

CARDINALIS CARDINALIS; HYLOCHICHLA MUSTELINA; HYLOCICHLA MUSTELINA; PARUS BICOLOR; PIRANGA RUBRA; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS; THRYOTHORUS LUDOVICIANUS; VIREO OLIVACEOUS;

EID: 0031420045     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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